We've all heard, ad nauseam, about how the September 11, 2001, tragedy "changed everything." The phrase is so well worn that it has become banal. But the music of singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell gives it new meaning. A 25-year-old Vermont native and former waitress, Mitchell manages to weave together the most private and personal, deeply human moments with the most public images of our post-9/11 global landscape. And she does it with an ease and sophistication that belie her relative youth.... Read more